tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011488324145619643.post4617359901675309198..comments2023-10-23T15:04:38.991-04:00Comments on Render Me Mama: Domestication or lack thereof.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02642899468619200352noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011488324145619643.post-44419575175680041572010-05-18T22:58:49.061-04:002010-05-18T22:58:49.061-04:00Thanks for the support ladies! I decided that tomo...Thanks for the support ladies! I decided that tomorrow I would keep a detailed list of what I DO do every day. Maybe that will at least make me feel a little better...<br /><br />Nicole~ I totally get you! My mom was always the same way. She wasn't a single mother but my father would be gone for weeks on end and was no help when he was home so its kind of close. She spent all of her time being domestic. She was Bree if you will. Maybe that is part of my problem. I really do want to spend every last minute with my boys. I just need to find a balance of being able to do that and keep the house on track as well. <br /><br />Lisa~ DEAL! lol. Might be too late now though.. I think there is an expiration of the juju.<br /><br />Ashley~ I have heard about it but never really looked into it. I like the idea of it from what I have heard but I really should do more investigation. I think I could handle doing one thing a day. I agree too that the boys definitely keep me busy. Only going to get worse as K gets more mobile too! Ack!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02642899468619200352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011488324145619643.post-38990098071426046252010-05-18T17:40:24.639-04:002010-05-18T17:40:24.639-04:00Have you tried flylady? I found that if I got mys...Have you tried flylady? I found that if I got myself to do one thing each day it really helped and I felt like I at least gone one thing clean. I'm lacking in the domestication department too but like you I married a man who understands. Trust me, being a momma of two boys is more of a full time job than any out of the home job! HUGSAshleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08461229729575486881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011488324145619643.post-71411638982959243682010-05-18T17:00:28.377-04:002010-05-18T17:00:28.377-04:00I will come clean your house if you get my kids to...I will come clean your house if you get my kids to sleep thru the night... <br /><br />I have no good advice on the modivation. I pick up every morning (ie start laundry, put Stephens crap away..) and every night. Also at nap time I put the toys away again. My washer and/or dryer are ALWAYS running. 1-2 loads a day. But I try to do them when the kids are sleeping. <br /><br />I just need to come over and let my OCD rub off on ya...mrsstricklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373192567671239348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011488324145619643.post-49629309920442309942010-05-18T16:28:30.795-04:002010-05-18T16:28:30.795-04:00no great advice, but I wanted to say as someone wh...no great advice, but I wanted to say as someone who grew up in a house of a single mother who worked full time... I wish she didn't care so much about the appearance of the house. Not that she was cleaning all the time - OMG! - but we only had the weekends to really spend together and EVERY Saturday was hosue-cleaning day... I would have much prefered a cluttered house and more time to watch movies with her and more time to bake cookies and go on trips to the park, etc. So, while you'll continue to be frustrated at your lack of motivation (I'm constantly in the same boat with no kids, so I'm sure I'll constantly be beating myself up about this stuff once Madeline is here), just know that while you may have a cluttered house your boys get the best of you instead of the you that would be buzzing around the house cleaning all the time. :) HUGS.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787546924066702065noreply@blogger.com